Potamides
This article is about a genus of sea snails. For the mythological nymphs, see Potamides (mythology).
| Potamides Temporal range: Permian - Quaternary | |
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| Three fossil shells of Potamides migralis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Potamididae |
| Genus: | Potamides Brongniart, 1810 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pirenella Gray, 1847 | |
Potamides is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Potamides include:
- Potamides conicus (Blainville, 1829)[2]
- and other extinct taxa
Fossil record
Fossils of Potamides are found in marine strata from the Permian to the Quaternary(age range: from 265.0 to 1.806 million years ago.). Fossils are known from many localities in Europe, Indonesia, Africa, North America, South America, Pakistan, Japan and Cambodia.[3]
Fossil shells of Potamides tricarinatus from Eocene of Italy
References
- 1 2 Potamides Brongniart, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ↑ Potamides conicus (Blainville, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database
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